by Jessa Victor | Apr 19, 2019 | Employee Benefits, Employment Law
Court Addresses the Illegal Denial of Coverage for Mental Health Treatment Last month, a California federal judge ruled insurer United Behavioral Health (UBH), a subsidiary of UnitedHeath Group, illegally denied members coverage for mental health and substance abuse...
by Danielle Schroder | Dec 18, 2018 | Danielle Schroder, Employee Benefits, Employment Law
Your Right to Take Time Off of Work For the Flu Flu season is upon us. And unfortunately, even the healthiest practices cannot always prevent a person from becoming sick. But most employees are given a limited number of paid sick or vacation days. So what can you do...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Aug 6, 2018 | Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Firm News, Social Security Disability, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
The Wisconsin Law Journal has selected Hawks Quindel’s Timothy P. Maynard as one Wisconsin’s Up and Coming Lawyers for 2018. Each year, the Wisconsin Law Journal selects it Up and Coming Lawyers honorees based on their “determination – in legal work, in community...
by William Parsons | Jan 12, 2018 | Employee Benefits, LTDI, William Parsons
Your long term disability insurance benefit typically provides some form of wage replacement when you are unable to work due to illness or injury. Some long term disability plans also provide additional benefits to qualified individuals beyond income replacement. The...
by Danielle Schroder | Jan 2, 2018 | Danielle Schroder, Employee Benefits, LTDI
Changes to Wisconsin ETF Disability Benefits Programs in the New Year Until recently, Wisconsin state and local government employees who were unable to continue working to normal retirement age due to disability could be eligible for one of two disability programs:...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Jan 10, 2017 | Danielle Schroder, Employee Benefits, Firm News
A high school student with a class 3 underbite sought approval for health insurance coverage so that she could undergo a double jaw surgery. UnitedHealthcare denied coverage for the requested services, claiming the member’s condition was not a congenital anomaly and...
